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Objective: This study was to find out the effectiveness of the animated video about handwashing with soap for improve good practice and effect on healthy living habits for children with special needs. Method: The type of this research was quasy experiment with one group approach pre and post-test design. Populations of this study were children with special needs in Bukittinggi, Indonesia. Using purposive sampling technique, 15 children were chosen
as samples. The data was analyzed by using t-test. Results: This study showed the mean of handwashing aplication before and after were different (before was 3.82 and after was 5.05) with p-value = 0.000. In the six steps of hand washing, children with special needs experience difficulties at stages 2,3,4, 5, often forgetting and sometimes going back to the previous step. Conclusions: This study showed that watching animation video is effective for improve good practice of children in six steps hands washing with soap.